Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2011 Vantage Trailers

4E7PA4229BABA2997 · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
30 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenFeb 19, 2024
TX
Last seenAug 1, 2026
TX
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 30 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4E7PA4229BABA2997
Make
Vantage Trailers
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2011
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 8, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
4E7

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
PA422

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1981 or 2011

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
BA2997

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
VANTAGE TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 10 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Vantage Trailers

Prefix basis · 10 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2011

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VANTAGE TRAILERS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 19, 2024 – Aug 1, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 1, 2026TXII · Walk-around1AGGREGATE HAULERS I L P 1021485212C724/TX
Nov 14, 2024TXI · Full4OOSJOSE ANTONIO MONTES III 4221308212C724/TX
Sep 3, 2024TXII · Walk-around0JOSE ANTONIO MONTES III 4221308212C724/TX
Feb 19, 2024TXII · Walk-around1V TRUCKING LLC 1951378212C724/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AGGREGATE HAULERS I L P1021485Aug 1, 2026Aug 1, 20261TX
JOSE ANTONIO MONTES III4221308Sep 3, 2024Nov 14, 20242TX
V TRUCKING LLC1951378Feb 19, 2024Feb 19, 20241TX
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
212C724TX2AGGREGATE HAULERS I L PAug 1, 2026Aug 1, 20261
212C724TXJOSE ANTONIO MONTES IIISep 3, 2024Nov 14, 20242
212C724TXV TRUCKING LLCFeb 19, 2024Feb 19, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 8, 2026